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Claudia Schmidt, a working mom with two amazing college age kids, writes about life after her breast cancer experience in February of 2010. Claudia’s work has been featured onBlogHer,BA50andMidlife Boulevard. She lives in bucolic Clinton, New Jersey with her husband, two teens, their dog (Tucker) and cat (Maverick). Follow her onTwitter @claudoo,FacebookorPinterest

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Before I had breast cancer, I had very little knowledge about chemotherapy. My only vague understanding of it was that chemo filled your entire body with toxins in the hopes of ferreting out and killing any cancer cells. That was about all I knew, and frankly I was extremely negative about it. I used to say that I […]

After my experience with the Parisian pickpocket community, I began to take notice of the local police or “gendarmes” as those of us in the know call them. Let me just say that they are quite a handsome bunch. They have these snappy dark blue uniforms with epaulettes and stripes, which are tailored and fitted. […]

“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” — Calvin Coolidge We just got home from the annual Christmas tree cutting ritual. I’m Catholic (or at least I used to be, […]

For about 10 years I’ve been using Lauren Hutton’s makeup line. I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of it, she doesn’t do a tremendous amount of marketing, but I heard about it somewhere (maybe More magazine, I’m not sure) several years ago and decided her theory of makeup made sense so I tried it […]